At our very cores, we are emotional beings FIRST. We feel FIRST. Cognitive thought is secondary. Make people FEEL good and they will open their minds to you.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.We think first and our thoughts lead to feelings. If we aren't aware of our thoughts we won't realize how they are driving our feelings. If we change our thinking we can change our feelings and then our actions.
doug6352
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Mar 6, 2019
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Thoughts can lead to feelings, that's certainly true. And we can choose thoughts to change our feelings. That's a powerful ability. Current brain research states the reverse is true most of the time. We are driven by our limbic systems first which is then followed by our prefrontal cortexes.
@ElusiveMoby Can you recommend any publication on this subject? I am not familiar with the theory of feelings preceding thoughts.
@doug6352 Absolutely. Let me get back to you soon.
Check out videos from Jill Bolte Taylor and Dr. Robert Sapolsky on YouTube. Both are neuroscientists. Especially listen to Taylor's on the teen brain. She clarifies this issue. If you read Sapolsky's Drive you will be fully immersed in brain development, but it's rather sense reading.
I set up a lotion bar just inside my classroom entrance years ago. Students chose a lotion as they entered. How do you think this affected the ambiance of the classroom? This simple act created an ambiance of happiness. Happy students learn more!
ElusiveMoby
Level 7
Mar 6, 2019
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Very astute. I never really thought about that. I think I just do that naturally anyway.
mooredolezal
Level 7
Mar 6, 2019
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As an educator, I study current brain research and help teachers align new curriculum to the way teens learn. 90% of everything we've discovered about the brain was learned in the past decade.
You do that naturally because your brain is designed to work that way.
@ElusiveMoby I envy you. Profoundly. Remember that series that was done on the brain 5 - 10 years ago? Was that on PBS? Anyway I was glued to the television every episode. So fascinating. I suppose that is not even half of what we know now.
@mooredolezal What a kind comment.
This is exactly what they teach in advertising programs. This is why, if you can’t master critical thinking, you are an easy target for cons and other manipulation.
The-Krzyz
Level 8
Mar 5, 2019
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Fascinating. I'd love for you to share more on this thread.
Your comment helped clarify an idea in my mind = If you make someone feel, you can then impact their thoughts. I can see how this could become highly manipulative.
Good advice. Sometimes it's just a matter of talking and listening that makes us feel good about ourselves.
PaulnFortWorth
Level 3
Mar 5, 2019
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Are you saying that communication taps into that emotional core?
What about fear and pain?
gater
Level 7
Mar 5, 2019
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I'm not sure what you are asking. These come from limbic systems.
@ElusiveMoby well you said emotion is 1st - I guess fear is an emotion.
@gater Yes
@gater I'm not sure but I think she is saying it is an involuntary emotion. You can do something to make yourself happy, but if somebody stabs you you're going to feel pain whether you want to or not. LOL now I am confusing myself. Because I can stop myself to cause pain. I guess all emotion is involuntary. Oh and as I look down she explains it all and the next comment!
Even as a man (and an engineer!) I agree with this completely. Many if us like to fancy ourselves to be mostly logical creatures but I believe that to be a fallacy. This applies to some more than others
Tutankhamun
Level 7
Mar 5, 2019
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Our limbic systems process information, often bypassing our prefrontal cortex completely. We know things without knowing why we know them when this occurs. Our prefrontal cortex was the last layer of our brains to develop which means the limbic system is the more dominant layer.
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